PBS
When we last left Versailles in Season 1 of Marie Antoinette, the king and queen were on top of the world, with Antoinette (Emilia Schüle) finally giving birth to the dauphin. Sadly, that pinnacle will pretty much be their last. This season will be all about the different forces and
PBS
It's been a decade since Wolf Hall first graced our screens. In the intervening years, we've seen plenty of takes on Tudor England, from the somewhat faithful (Becoming Elizabeth) to the stridently feminist (The White Princess, The Spanish Princess, Firebrand) and the downright fantastical (My Lady
BritBox
When The Cleaner first debuted in 2021, the satirical comedy crime series was looked at askance by critics who expected it to lean into body humor and gore since the premise was "Chatty Bloke Who Scrubs Up Murder Scenes Accidentally Solves Crimes." However, the series — conceived of and
Better Late Than Never
I have something a tad bit upsetting to share with you. It’s quite possible that you missed an entire TV series centered around Idris Elba as an action hero. It’s not entirely your fault. Hijack ran on AppleTV+ during the summer of 2023. As they say in the
Sundance Now
Taking a show that was initially planned to be a one-and-done limited series and renewing it for Season 2 after it becomes a massive hit is not a pattern inherent to HBO, though it might sometimes feel that way. The BBC does it all the time; recent examples include Sherwood,
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The success of Unforgotten was far from assured when writer Chris Lang first penned the cold case series in 2015 after spending two decades mostly writing on ITV shows created by other people. Though the success of the series keeps building despite significant casting turnover, Lang has yet to replicate
Freeform
Cable network Freeform is not exactly known as a destination for Anglophile-friendly fare. Formerly ABC Family before it changed its name and embraced buzzier, more teen-focused fare like Pretty Little Liars and The Bold Type, the closest the channel ever came to British programming was ordering a pilot for an
Acorn TV
Acorn TV's flagship hit series, Harry Wild, has set a return date for 2025. The series has become the hit series for Acorn TV and a "proof of concept" (alongside My Life Is Murder) that the current formula the streaming service has hit on to make
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TV loves a maverick crime solver. ABC has a hit with High Potential, which finds cleaning woman Morgan Gillory (Kaitlin Gillory) using her extraordinary IQ and memory retention to solve crimes in Los Angeles. Over at CBS, the title character in Elsbeth (Carrie Preston), leverages her quirky powers of observation
Apple TV
The French period drama Carême represents Apple TV+'s latest foray into the world of international programming, joining shows like Liaison, La Maison, and Drops of God. Based on the biography of real-life French chef Antonin Carême, the series chronicles his rise from poverty-stricken origins to culinary fame across
Movies
Adaptations of classic novels tend to happen in batches, usually in 10-20 year cycles. Little Women, for example, gets a new version for the next generation of teenage girls every 20 years; Jane Austen's six books tend to get redone about once every ten; and A Christmas Carol
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Unlike the U.S., which stretches 3000 miles across (not counting the extra non-contiguous states), the U.K. still can create monocultural dominance in their entertainment ecosystem on the regular, with series like The Great British Baking Show and Mr. Bates vs the Post Office able to pull in double-digit